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Sep 10, 2022 10 tweets 2 min read Read on X
here is what im seeing.
this is basic math and open source reporting so im keeping opsec.
UKR army has built at least 3 battle groups. each about the size of a US division (3-4 brigades with attached elements working together).
the VAST majority of the vehicles are wheeled vehicles. this seems to be built like the US 9th infantry div (1985-91) truly motorized divisions. the makeup is infantry transports (HMMWVs, pick ups), scout. dune buggies FASTVs, and backed up by MRAPS, BTRs... with tanks attached
this allows the ukr forces to move fast hit hard and hold with dismounted ATGMs. the russian army with "death before dismount mentality has no way to counter this. as they are sending reinforcements into the battle they are hitting ambushes and counter attacks prior to deploying
im betting that the ukr army has made 3 battle groups. one that hit kherson, one that hit the north, and one that has not been played yet.
if you are battletracker (i am) you count vehicles by TO&E (donated, sold vehicles) and look for them in combat as BDA. sofar many of some types of vehicles donated HAVE NOT shown up on the battlefield, yet.
if my numbers are right only about 1/2 of the new "secret" army has been used. this means another strike is coming....soon... and just like the north strike this will be too fast for the ru forces to counter.
in addition MANY more vehicles are being given to the ukr forces right now. and the troops that were holding the line are being recovered, rested, and rearmed... in 14-30 days the ukr army will have 2-3 more battle groups (divisions) that can be thrown into the fight
im really not tracking any unengaged fresh troops of anything over a brigade that ru still has that could counter any attack of that size... but time will tell
keep in mind that both sides are showing old video of units that were in training... many of the vid of some vehicles are not in combat.. they are old training vid and the vehicles are NOT yet in combat.. they will be when the time is right
i will say this. the ukr army has 4 options to strike the next blow, any of the 4 could spell the end of the russian army in that FRONT. this would enable the ukr army to swing its remaining army to the opposite front crushing the surviving ru forces

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Apr 22
1-? its after 12pm here and i am having a stream running through my head...

artillery rounds or shells or bombs?

now this thread is NOT going to have answers.. anyone trying to find one right now is just going to be throwing out numbers that no one can verify or trust...

but far more than numbers we need to be asking questions... when i was in the army working S/G2 (intel) the best people knew how to ask the best questions. and i dont think most people are doing that right now...
2 in no way am i trying to down play the situation at the front and say that ukr has enough of anything.. im only asking questions and looking at the projections...

when people talk about western production they say 2 things...
1. us production
and
2. 155 unitary shells..

people keep being fixated on this 2 things. but its not just US production, and not just 155 unitary rounds.
just off the top of my head i know the following countries are making rounds or will..
FRG, FR, SP, IT, DN, SW, CA, FIN, CZ, POL, SL, RO, IN, PAK, AUS, UK, NOR, .....
you have many countries with stocks of rounds that are sending them,

and you have countries that are buying them...

then you have one of the larger countries making them that few talk about UKR....

in addition you have countries that are making rounds to back fill SK, BRZ, SA so others can send there old stock
3. how many rounds are being produced ... no one knows.

but you also have countries no longer telling anyone how many rounds they are making or providing. for example the first country to provide cluster munitions was and is turkey. when did anyone talk about them???

also we have seen indian rounds along with others..
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Apr 16
1-?
people have ask me if i support the bill that biden has demanded that the house sing...
sure i support it..

if thats the only thing we can get sure....

but have no doubt its the end of the funding for ukraine, and it is about 1-2 months of funding.....
it is NOT enough to win the war...Image
2. this bill should be passed (if its all that we can get). if the jhonson bill can be passed it should be (it has more in it).... but then we can forget about europe... no one will trust us again, no one will listen to us...

our 40 ish billion (only 7.8 billion in reality) is enough to let europe know we dont care about them or the war in ukraine... we are out. out of helping ukraine and out of nato.

europe is stepping up with over 100 billion in aid and we are sending under 8...
3. Jhonson is a politician... so like most of them he is a jerk... shocked??? should not be, most of them are..

he should bring any bill forward but the dems have not stepped up and stated that they will not vote with the maga idiots to remove him..

they have no trust!!!!
dems could openly state that they will not remove Johnson... but they have refused. i dont think any politition would stand up and put his head on the block knowing that he was going to lose not only his position but his seat in the house...

again dems could say they would back him openly on this but have refused....
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russia is screwed and here is how and why.. Image
russia has between 135 and 140 million
over the last decade the population of russia is dropping like a rock down up to 2 million a year (from low birth rates)..

now add on to that 3 million leaving russia and another about 1 million dead or WIA due to the war...

thats a huge drop in the population.
in fact the exact number of russians is a state secret...
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Dec 29, 2023
the end of nato as a military force dominated by the USA?

it could happen due to the UKR war...

lots of people have stated that trump was a danger to the alliance... but it looks like the current administration may be the ones that ends the group as a military force...

and here is what i am talking about.. no one in europe trusts the US right now.. not the brits, the german, italians, french... no one.

the polish were blocked by the administration from donating the MIG29s for months, the Dutch, Norwegians, and Danes all blocked from donating the F16s... by the biden team.

the brits wanted the defense secretary (wallace) to become the nato sec general.. but the US blocked that.

and the brits donated tanks thinking the US would donate far more... europe as a whole donated 900 tanks.. the mighty USA.. 31.

currently the US is blocking over 1000 atacms that are going to scrap and could be used to quickly end the war.. but will not. and blocks any other country from donating them.

the USA is not loved in europe right now.
how would this happen, well its starting to happen now..

in the red sea.
the US tried to get a fleet of ships together to help protect the red sea...
the issue is that nearly no one signed up...
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france, italy, and spain showed up but after hearing what the US wanted to do stormed out of the meeting early and said they would NOT be under US command....

this is starting to happen on a larger scale.
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with a euro corps this is the center of a european army where units are put into the force such as the german armored div and the french divisions...

after a while if others follow then there in effect would not be units to have for both the euro force and nato..

nato would in effect be the US military and a staff of euro officers working mostly out of a HQ in belguim...

you would have euro force training exercises where nato would not be the commanding group... a euro general would be in charge... not a 4 star US general.

right now a LOT of nations do not see the need to answer to the 4 star US general in belguim right now.
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ok here we go...
why am i pissed off today...
lies..
and ukraine not getting what they need to win the war...
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